In fact this situation is rather sensitive. In my view, Quebec is not a region. Quebec is a province. I think we need to pay attention to the wording of this provision.
I understand that you are talking about Canada's national capital region, which is Ottawa. You mentioned other regions and other parts of Canada, but I think that if the intent was to include Quebec in that paragraph, it should perhaps have referred to the province of Quebec, which has special status. I know that the province of New Brunswick has bilingual status, but Quebec, in my view, has unilingual francophone status because the common language is French.